What's the BEST thing you DON'T eat?

[VMBrasseur]

Inspired by the "Worst thing you eat" thread, I'm curious about what things we DON'T eat.  Things which are otherwise accepted as great by the rest of the food-loving world.

For instance, I can't do mushrooms.  I try, but I just can't do it yet.  And seafood.  Any idea how much these things limit me when I go to a restaurant?  I'm trying very hard right now to get over the seafood thing.  Progress is being made, but I'm certainly not ready for caviar yet.

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[La Niña]

Fennel, it's fennel!  I'm very ashamed.  I try, again and again, in all of its forms.  Licorice, anisette, sambuca, ouzo, shaved fennel, fennel seeds - whatever.  I just can't stand the damn thing.

The only time I came close was eating buccatini con le sarde which had some fennel in it, but I think it was mostly because the sardine flavor was so intense that the fennel got lost.

[Rosie]

cilantro

[mamster]

Dill.

[SamanthaF]

Bell Peppers - Red Green or Orange, I can't stand any of them.  

[Sandra Levine]

I loathe celery so much that I will pick it out of any dish it is in that is set before me if I can't send it back altogether.

[bigbear]

Cilantro. I love ceviche, but without cilantro. Usually, I have to cobble up my own version.

[tommy]

mackeral.

[helenas]

Agree on fennel: although i like it crisp in salads, i hate it in any cooked form; same for yellow and white onion;

Tomato sauce, especially on pizza. Although recently, thanks to Mario and Jinmyo, i'm trying hard to "get it".

[researchgal]

caviar unless it's mixed in with something else

lima beans

camomile

cumin (only like it in small doses)

[Miss J]

Boiled eggs.

(Sorry cabrales.)

Miss J

[rich]

Red Beets, the yellow version is fine, but something in a red beet makes it hard to swallow. However, I use beet juice for color in a lot of dishes.

[Blue Heron]

chutney.  I would really like to like it.

I also only like cumin in very small doses.

PB & J, I only like them separate

[Shiva]

Any oily fish.  I just can't get past the smell.  Bleah.

[=Mark]

Boiled eggs.

(Sorry cabrales.)

Miss J

Even if they're humerous eggs?

[msp]

Egg salad.

It makes no sense: I love eggs, fried, soft boiled, coddled, soufleed, scrambled.... and I love mayonnaise, smeared on a ripe tomato, mixed in all sorts of salads...

But put the tow together and it makes me gag!

[Miss J]

Boiled eggs.

(Sorry cabrales.)

Miss J

Even if they're humerous eggs?

Especially if they're humorous eggs.    

Miss J

[Robert Schonfeld]

Most dark green vegetables if they are cooked. Love them all raw.

Eggplant in soft form. Out of the question.

[Patrice]

I love everything except OLIVES: greens, blacks, tapenade or in Martinis, I can't stand their flavor.

[Miguel Gierbolini]

Funny, although I often make them for my wife, I never liked fried or poached eggs.

[Ron Johnson]

Raisins, you ruin anything by adding raisins.

[cakewalk]

Liver (bleh). Wonderful thing for an anemic kid to hate. Used to drive my parents up a wall.

Anything with caramel of any sort.

[Jinmyo]

Desserts. Anything sweet. Feh.

[stefanyb]

I usually brag that there is nothing I wouldn't eat.  Of course, that doesn't mean that I don't have my own personal food heirarchy.  

But there is one thing and thats HONEY......eeeeek.  Even if some gets on my fingers I'm repulsed.  If I can taste it, I gag.

Name anything else, brains, lung, alligator, raw shrimp, anything, I eat it and usually really like it except for h-o-n-e-y.

[jess mebane]

Bell Peppers - Red Green or Orange, I can't stand any of them.  

I wholeheartedly agree.  Even an infinitesimal dice of bp in any dish is guaranteed to leave me repeatin' like a howitzer.